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Extradition law

In the matter of Ge Zhi @ ZHI “JOSH” GE or GEZ

The court committed Mr Ge to prison to await the Minister’s warrant for surrender to the United States, finding the US warrant duly authenticated and a prima facie case made out.

  • Commitment to await ministerial warrant
  • Duly authenticated foreign warrant
  • Prima facie case
  • Extradition offences
  • Insider trading
  • Conspiracy
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Criminal law

Public Prosecutor v Lau Kah Wai, J

The court held that a scuffle after a minor collision was not road rage violence because the immediate trigger was an attempt to stop a police call, not road-use animus.

  • Voluntarily causing hurt
  • Hurt
  • Sentencing
  • Road rage violence
  • Deterrent sentencing
  • Driving-related aggravating factors
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Criminal law

Public Prosecutor v JFO

The court upheld convictions for outrage of modesty against the accused's daughter and affirmed 16 months' imprisonment on each charge, to run concurrently.

  • Outrage of modesty
  • Section 354 penal code
  • Assessment of uncorroborated testimony
  • Sentencing framework
  • Judicial mercy
  • Medical conditions in sentencing
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Criminal procedure

Kevin Chelvam v Public Prosecutor and another appeal

The High Court dismissed Kevin Chelvam’s conviction and sentence appeal, but allowed the Prosecution’s cross-appeal on hurt, increasing that term to 30 months.

  • Appeals
  • Abetment of grievous hurt
  • Causing hurt
  • Causing evidence to disappear
  • Giving false information to a public servant
  • Concurrent and consecutive sentencing
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Criminal law

Mohammad Shaffy Bin Hassan v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court of Appeal dismissed Mohammad Shaffy bin Hassan’s criminal appeal, upholding his conviction and mandatory death sentence for possessing diamorphine for trafficking.

  • Misuse of drugs act
  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking
  • Presumption of knowledge
  • Chain of custody
  • Courier sentencing regime
  • Further evidence on appeal
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 113

JEH v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

High Court upheld one-week concurrent jail terms for false information and false address reporting, holding the custodial threshold was crossed and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.

  • Giving false information to a public servant
  • False reporting of change of address
  • Custodial threshold
  • Amalgamated offence
  • Primary 1 school registration
  • General deterrence
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 110

GALVEZ MARY JOE BLANCO v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed a sentence appeal in a CDSA s 55A(1)(b)(iii) case, upheld probation refusal, and approved a Logachev-style framework for money-laundering offending.

  • Section 55a cdsa
  • Probation suitability
  • Sentencing framework (logachev/huang ying-chun)
  • Vulnerable victims
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Cdsa-section-55a
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Criminal law [2026] SGCA 23

Low Sze Song v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The Court of Appeal dismissed two drug trafficking appeals, upheld the convictions, and confirmed mandatory death sentences after rejecting challenges to knowledge and chain of custody.

  • S 18(1) presumption of possession
  • S 18(2) presumption of knowledge
  • S 33b alternative sentencing (courier exception and certificate of substantive assistance)
  • Chain of custody
  • Mandatory death penalty
  • Drug-trafficking
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Road traffic law [2026] SGDC 169

PP v Muhammad Rajis bin Abdullah

The District Court acquitted the accused of failing to provide a blood specimen, finding no proof that the doctor had authorised the police request under s 71 RTA.

  • Failure to provide blood specimen
  • Preliminary breath test
  • Protection of hospital patients (s71)
  • Police arrest powers (s69)
  • Authorisation by registered medical practitioner
  • Road-traffic-law
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Criminal law [2026] SGHC 107

LING ZHAO BIN v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The High Court dismissed an appeal against a two-week jail sentence for careless driving causing grievous hurt, holding the case crossed the custodial threshold.

  • Road traffic act
  • Careless driving causing grievous hurt
  • Sentencing
  • Appeals
  • Harm assessment
  • Culpability assessment
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